Questions tagged [news]
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How does the WallStreetBets community benefit from buying poorly performing stocks?
According to
Allison Morrow, Everything you need to know about how a Reddit group blew up GameStop's stock, CNN Business, January 28, 2021.
the subreddit r/wallstreetbets is buying, en masse, stocks that are being shorted by institutional…
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Is 95% of what you read in the financial press “either wrong or irrelevant?”
From a Cato Institute article by Steve Hanke1 (emphasis added):
Most press reports about Zimbabwe’s fantastic hyperinflation are off the mark – way off the mark. Even our most trusted news sources fail to get the facts right. This confirms the “95…
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Why is it reported as news that a company has "raised money"?
For example, it's been reported that upGrad raised 120 million from Temasek. What does this really mean? Why would a education company want to raise money from another investment company? What is the involvement of the investment company here?
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Why does a stock's price fluctuate so often, even when fresh news isn't available?
I get it that the price of a stock goes up and down as fresh news is released, positive or negative.
However, fresh news is released only at certain times while the price of a stock changes (by minute amounts) almost every second.
What is the cause…
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What is the "Bernanke Twist" and "Operation Twist"? What exactly does it do?
I was reading the article Bernanke’s Twist Sharpens Year-End Anxiety Over Stimulus and In the article it says
The Fed on June 20 extended its Operation Twist program to swap $267
billion in short-term securities with longer-term debt through
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What kinds of information do financial workers typically check on a daily basis?
I was recently offered a job doing statistical analysis and scientific computing for a financial firm. During the interview process, sometimes I was asked questions like "where is the Dow at today?"
I was just wondering what other kinds of very…
user5770
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Where do short-term traders look for the earliest stock related news?
While I'm no short term trader (or even a day trader), I imagine it is of high importance to these people that they hear about significant stock related news as early as possible. This would allow them to respond before competing traders do.
But…
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Why so much noise about USA's credit rating being lowered?
S&P lowered USA's credit rating from AAA (cool) to AA+ (a bit less cool). Suddenly, I hear about it everywhere: shares prices are down, oil prices change, news digests say "the new financial crisis is approaching."
I don't get it. Yes, the credit…
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Which shareholders cause news-driven whole market stock swings?
Today the DJIA dropped 275 points and some media entities ascribed this to U.S. unemployment figures, also released today, particularly amid other ongoing news about European economic problems.
What I'd like to understand is: Whose news-driven…
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Do you micro-manage index fund purchases to a particular day of the month?
I have setup automatic withdrawal with my brokerage to purchase shares of an S&P500 Index fund the 8th of every month. When I first caught wind of the USA credit downgrade Saturday morning, I started thinking "... maybe I should change my automatic…
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How do reporters know what caused the market to move that day?
I listen to "Marketplace" on public radio every day, and when they report the day's movement of the DJIA, NASDAQ, and S&P 500 they usually give a reason why it went up or down that day. They might say something like "the Dow dropped 0.8% due to…
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Are quarterly earnings released first via a press release on the investor website, via conference call, or does it vary by company?
Are quarterly earnings released first via a press release on the investor website, via conference call, or does it vary by company?
Ben
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What is the "payroll tax cut" as mentioned in the news recently?
Today I was watching news and I heard about a "payroll tax cut." They were talking about a 2 month extension of something being passed, but they wanted to pass a 1 year extension.
Can someone please explain what this payroll tax cut is exactly, and…
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Using financial news releases to trade stocks?
Am I right in assuming that a company's financial news/statements are first released on their website? If this is the case then isn't it possible to keep an eye on the website around the time of release - allowing you to get early access to it so…
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Notice of Conversion for 3(a)10
I am trying to figure out what this means.
Is this good or bad?
http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/metrospaces-announces-that-it-will-not-honor-notice-of-conversion-for-3-a-10-due-to-potential-fraud-against-the-company-1018537763
Also i…
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